Am 03.06.2013 02:14, schrieb glen herrmannsfeldt:> Someone in comp.lang.c is interested in understanding how a 40 years> old C compilers works, but doesn't know much about compilers.>> Seems to me that one way to learn is to read 40 year old compiler books. ...

Have a look at books from Aho and Ullman. Those are well written
(IMO) and were quasi standard to read hereabouts around the late
1970's and 1980's.